Posts Categorized: Volunteer

Not all volunteer opportunities have to feel like work. You can do something invigorating and exciting while using your time to help others. To get you started, we’ve compiled some of the coolest offbeat volunteer positions in your own backyard… Read more

Giving your time and efforts to help others is always worthwhile, no matter how small the action. This past fall, my family was amazed by a neighbor’s good deed on our behalf. My husband is a medical resident, and he… Read more

Large acts of kindness get a lot of publicity, but sometimes the far-reaching impacts are never truly known after the story dies down in the news. On the other hand, people do small acts every day that not only make… Read more

Our Clinic has decided to use our lunch hour tomorrow tuesday 1/27/2015 to make bag lunches for a local soup kitchen in Placerville. We are making at least 20 bag lunches with a sandwich, fruit, water, nuts, and a bag… Read more

Volunteer opportunities are all about helping people, but when we decide to give, the first step is often to think of ourselves. What is my availability? What is my budget? What are my skills? What can I do? These are… Read more

There are many reasons to volunteer: It helps your community, improves the lives of others, and ultimately makes the world a better place. Passing on the passion of volunteering to the younger generation, however, is often tricky because not every… Read more

It was an effort accomplished by the Home Depot to make sure a military family living in Hawaii could have their loving pets in time for the holidays. “People are not like that anymore, you just don’t find people… it… Read more

My first turn as a volunteer was at the age of seven. My teacher would let me leave class for thirty minutes each day to go to the kindergarten class and read to the kids. From that moment, being a… Read more

The holidays can sometimes feel like a celebration of excess. But the season isn’t just about giving gifts; it’s also about giving back. Volunteering is one of the best ways to support your community and spread some cheer. Here are… Read more

Jason Ward, a tattoo artist at Muscle and Ink Tattoo in Hamilton, New Zealand, has a special customer that comes in once a week, according to a post on Reddit. The customer is an older woman with Down syndrome, and… Read more